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21 <br /> 3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE <br /> FOR <br /> MONDAY, MARCH 242 2003 AT 7 : 30 P .M . <br /> A public hearing will be held on the following list of potential legislative items for the 2003 North Carolina <br /> General Assembly Session: <br /> �.� ♦ Cigarette Tax and Alcohol Tax Increase <br /> ♦ Closing of Tax Loopholes <br /> ♦ Local School System Utility Costs <br /> ♦ Local Revenue Options <br /> ♦ Reinstatement of the Public School Capital Building Fund <br /> ♦ State Reimbursements to Local Governments <br /> ♦ Billboard Advertisements on Interstate 40 <br /> ♦ Funding for Rural Planning Organizations <br /> ♦ Unpaved Roads in Post- 1975 Subdivisions <br /> ♦ Social Services Funding <br /> ♦ County Financial Responsibility for Children Needing Residential Mental Health Treatment <br /> ♦ Criminal Justice Partnership and Dispute Settlement Centers Funding <br /> ♦ Mental Health Reform Funding and De-institutionalization Costs <br /> ♦ In-Home Services for Seniors Funding <br /> ♦ Reform of Medical Prescription System <br /> ♦ Smart Start Funding <br /> ♦ Funding for UNC Pharmacy School and Dental Clinic <br /> ♦ Funding for NC Poison Control Center <br /> . w ■ mom ♦ Bottle Deposit Legislation <br /> ♦ Advance Fee for Cathode Ray Tube Recycling <br /> �. ♦ White Goods Recycling <br /> ♦ Reduced Class Size and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br /> ♦ "More at Four" and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br /> ♦ Funding for UNC School of Government <br /> ♦ ABC System Changes <br /> ♦ Soil and Water Shared Employee Funding <br /> ♦ Utility Eminent Domain <br /> ♦ Local Government Property Transfers <br /> ♦ Annexation & Local Planning and Revenue Option Incentives to Control Growth <br /> ♦ Broaden Local Government Authority to Enact Laws to Protect Public Health, Safety & Welfare <br /> ♦ Impact Tax to Replace Impact Fee <br /> �.� ♦ Funding Authority for Bikeways and Trails <br /> The Board will also consider expressing support for, with some possible revisions and additional <br /> comments , the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) 2003 -2004 Legislative <br /> Goals and the Triangle J Council of Governments 2003 Regional Legislative Agenda . A copy of the <br /> NCACC 2003 -2004 Legislative Goals is available at http://www. ncacc. orzIlegislativeinfo. htm and a copy <br /> of the Triangle J information is available at the contact information below . <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners welcomes all comments on these and any other items as may <br /> be introduced or addressed at the public hearing. The meeting is open to the public and will if held a the <br /> F . Gordon Battle Courtroom in the New Courthouse in Hillsborough beginning at 7 : 30 p .m. If you need <br /> additional information, please call Greg Wilder at 245 -2314 . <br />